Henry Arthur Brassey (14 July 1840 – 13 May 1891), DL, of

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and of Bath House,

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, London, was a British

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Origins

He was the second son of the railway magnate

Thomas Brassey Thomas Brassey (7 November 18058 December 1870) was an English civil engineering contractor and manufacturer of building materials who was responsible for building much of the world's railways in the 19th century. By 1847, he had built about o ...

(1805-1870) by his wife Maria Harrison, a daughter of Thomas Harrison of

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. His elder brother was

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and his younger brother was

Albert Brassey Colonel Albert Brassey (22 February 1844 – 7 January 1918) was a British rower, soldier and Conservative Member of Parliament for Banbury 1895-1906. Life Brassey was the fourth son of the railway contractor Thomas Brassey and his wife Maria, ...

, a

for

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Career

He was educated at

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, and in 1868 was elected as

for

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in Kent, as a

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, a seat he held until 1885. Brassey served as a Deputy Lieutenant for

, as

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in 1890 and as a

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for that county.

Marriage and children

In 1866 Brassey married Anna Harriet Stevenson (d.1898), a daughter of Major George Robert Stevenson of Tongswood, Hawkhurst, Kent, by whom he had five sons and seven daughters, including: *

Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe (7 March 1870 – 22 October 1958), DL (known from 1922 to 1938 as Sir Henry Brassey, 1st Baronet), of Apethorpe Hall in Northamptonshire, was a British Conservative politician. Ori ...

, second but eldest surviving son and heir, a

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politician who was raised to the peerage in 1938. * Harold Ernest Brassey, soldier and polo champion; * Hilda Brassey (Duchess of Richmond), wife of

Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond, 8th Duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Gordon (30 December 1870 – 7 May 1935), known as Lord Settrington 1870–1903, and as Earl of March 1903–1928, was a British peer and politician. Biography ...

Death

Brassey died in May 1891, aged 50.Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 1, pp. 488-489

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brassey, Henry Arthur 1840 births 1891 deaths Henry Brassey Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 Deputy Lieutenants of Kent High Sheriffs of Kent